When was the earliest a bid was accepted

[csgsu]

How many days before your cruise?

 

Thanks

[SouthLyonCruiser]

On another thread I read that one passenger was given the thumbs up on his bid 60 days before his cruise. My son had a bid accepted only 5 days before his cruise. So, my guess would be that it could be at anytime after being offered.

[grancayman]

I probably win on this one....Got bid invitation, bid, was accepted 18 hours later on a cruise that was 3 months away....I bid poor range!

[funCruise3]

Last year we our bid was accepted on Nov 9 for a Jan 2nd sailing (about 52 day) on the Getaway. We bid 320 Canadian dollars pp (about 260 usd) for an upgrade from Interior to Balcony.

[Iggy68]

Our upgrade bid on the Spirit (sailing on 4th April) was accepted on January 18th so 76 days out. We bid at the bottom end of the Fair range; I think another forum poster said they had been accepted two days before us!

[mking8288]

Depending on the particular sailing date & itinerary and overall sales/cabin availability for specific categories - which only NCL has full data on ... IMHO, the higher your online $$$$ offer to them is too good for them to refuse or say more to, the sooner & faster the bid get processed and accepted.

 

There is no simple magical formula, on one of our Roll Call last year - someone else shared that their bid was accepted in the 60 to 70 days mark (when the offer wasn't released around 80 days from sailing). In that instance, NCL took it & charged their credit card, gave them a GTY assignment, no extra perks and make a jack-rabbit run to the bank to cash in ... so to speak. Good for both parties as a win-win, regardless of "we" think as long as they are satisfied with the deal & felt good, saving some money - it was in the good range, high side of the scale or meter.

 

Another element, headcounts and/or lifeboat capacity of both the "original" booking and the upgrade's.